Incubators Anonymous

[ki4got]

ok well, i've gone and done it.

24 more mille fleur cochin eggs on the way, and another 6 mottled and possibly frizzle from a swap...

need to sell some more birds, or send them to camp kenmore so i have room for the hatch-ees. LOL

and whatever dorkings I have will join the mix. ate a few tonight, and I saw bullseyes, so looks like the roo's vacation is over.

time to start thinking about building the cabinet 'bator.

 

[DMRippy]

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I am thinking about my next one too! That Flexwatt is what I am going to try this time. Hubby is going to get it for me for christmas and I am going to make a couple for the brooders too and the hatcher will have to be updated too

 

[ki4got]

and i've finished my latest coop project, if anyone wants to peek...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=613028

i like it, but found a few more things i want to change in the next generation coop i build.

 

[gryeyes]

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Brinsea, Brinsea, Brinsea. I have several, in two different styles. The best place to buy them is directly from Brinsea, too. http://www.brinsea.com

The Octagon20 Advance EX is perfect for beginners because it's Stupid Proof. Set the eggs, forget 'em for as long as you want. Just check the displays to make sure your temperature and humidity are holding (and they do, in the Brinseas) and candle no more than twice, at day 10 and day 18, just before locking down. (OR you could be like me and not candle 'em at all.) Unplug the turner on Day 18, making sure it IS the turner cradle you turned off, not the incubator. (Okay, almost Stupid Proof.) Then you forget about 'em again for 3 days.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Donna, I am thinking when DH goes back to work would be perfect , then I don't have to explain where I am going...or why, or have him see the new chickens I bring home...you know how it is:-D Second of January I think, if that is ok. I need to know how much money to bring as well... And eggs, type and quantities you want.
Bought a flock of SLW today, luckily they should fit with my existing flock, so no new coop needed for them. Trying to get a grow out pen made. Chicks out the ears:-D

 

[DMRippy]

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I will PM you the amount and my phone number. That date should be fine. Are the SLW laying????? cuz I sure would love a dozen SLW eggies (but what ever you can collect will be fine) and just 6-8 Dark Brahmas.

 

[ki4got]

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I am thinking about my next one too! That Flexwatt is what I am going to try this time. Hubby is going to get it for me for christmas and I am going to make a couple for the brooders too and the hatcher will have to be updated too

lol thanks for the reminder. of sorts...

I'm headed to ebay to order some heat emitters, and some flexwatt too. I'm debating on the cabinet, whether I use heat emitters or the flex tape.

i'm still more in the planning stages, LOL. i have the cabinet i'll use, the door frame, need to buy glass for it though. and insulation, heat source, thermostat and fan.
then to figure out my turner too.

 

[happyhens120]

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Brinsea, Brinsea, Brinsea. I have several, in two different styles. The best place to buy them is directly from Brinsea, too. http://www.brinsea.com

The Octagon20 Advance EX is perfect for beginners because it's Stupid Proof. Set the eggs, forget 'em for as long as you want. Just check the displays to make sure your temperature and humidity are holding (and they do, in the Brinseas) and candle no more than twice, at day 10 and day 18, just before locking down. (OR you could be like me and not candle 'em at all.) Unplug the turner on Day 18, making sure it IS the turner cradle you turned off, not the incubator. (Okay, almost Stupid Proof.) Then you forget about 'em again for 3 days.

That's exactly what I was looking into. I have found a used one, with cradle, for $125. Only a year old, too!
I have an LG still air right now and I hate it. I have horrible success rates with it. It is always spiking too high then dipping too low. It was up to 114 one day and fried ALL of the 32 eggs I had in it.

Thanks for the input!

 

[littlecreekfarm]

2 days until my hatchday!!! the hatching videos will be on youtube! I have 10 mutt eggs in my bator!!! I can't wait i went into lockdown yesterday

 

[ki4got]

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Brinsea, Brinsea, Brinsea. I have several, in two different styles. The best place to buy them is directly from Brinsea, too. http://www.brinsea.com

The Octagon20 Advance EX is perfect for beginners because it's Stupid Proof. Set the eggs, forget 'em for as long as you want. Just check the displays to make sure your temperature and humidity are holding (and they do, in the Brinseas) and candle no more than twice, at day 10 and day 18, just before locking down. (OR you could be like me and not candle 'em at all.) Unplug the turner on Day 18, making sure it IS the turner cradle you turned off, not the incubator. (Okay, almost Stupid Proof.) Then you forget about 'em again for 3 days.

That's exactly what I was looking into. I have found a used one, with cradle, for $125. Only a year old, too!
I have an LG still air right now and I hate it. I have horrible success rates with it. It is always spiking too high then dipping too low. It was up to 114 one day and fried ALL of the 32 eggs I had in it.

Thanks for the input!

i bought 2 still air hovabators, the regular and a picture window. first thing I did was scrounge a couple computer case fans and 2 old 12v cell phone chargers. voila! circulated air incubators. hatch rates on local mutt eggs is about 90%. I don't count the shipped eggs, (ranging from 75% for quail down to 0 for marans but I blame postal for that more than anything.) and the dorkings are having issues resulting from too much inbreeding I think. (tho my last hatch was 5/6, so not too bad!)

my next 'bator will be a homegrown cabinet. i'm gathering pieces-parts and will assemble sometime over the next couple months. i've been asked by a couple people to hatch for them, so we'll see how fast i need the room for ME!